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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
Hindoo Nnmenclatnra.

The london Times notes with pleasure
magnificent gift to the city of Bombay given
by Dinshaw Manockgee Petit We under
stand that 1t is fully equal to the gift Of
Jamesetiee Jejeebhoy, but we doubt if it can
surpass that of Ramdam Googoojeede Huck-
buckabasehit We have forgotten what it
was, but it was a corker.-Philadelphi Call
Republished by "Our'' Request.
An editor of a country paper having been
invited to picnic on day when his paper
had to go to press, called the boy who set the
type and said: "Tom, I'm going away today
and haven't time to get out any more copy.
Take my article headed Party Organization
and run it in again, putting over it 'Repub-
lished by request That will save sonsidera-
BILE time and you can go to press at once"
When the editor returned from the picnic
and took up a copy Of his paper he became
justly indignant upon reading the following:
@Party Organization. Repubhshed by re-
quest of the editor. "-Arkansaw Traveller.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
Home Made Remedies.

Try a sun bath for rheumatism.
Try clam broth for a weak stomach.
Try cranberry poultice for erysipelas
Try swallowing saliva when troubled witt
sour stomach.
Try eating fresh radishes and yellow tur.
nips for gravel.
Try eating onions and horseradish to relieve
dropsical swellings.
Try hot flannel over the seat of neuralgiC
pain and renew frequently.
Try buttermilk for the removal of tan and
walnut stains and freckles.
Try the Group tippet when a child is likely
to be troubled in that way.
Try cloth wrung from cold water put
about the neck for sore throat.
Try taking cod liver oil in tomato catsur
If you want to make it palatable.
Try walking with your hands behind you
if you are becoming bent forward
Try snufIing powdered borax up the nos
trils for catarrhal cold in the head.
Try breathing fumes of turpentine or car
bolic acid to relieve whooping cough.
Try taking nap in the afternoon if you
are going to be out late in the evening
Try a silk handkerchief over the face
when obliged to go out against the cold
piercing wind.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
AN ILLINOIS WEATHER PROPHET

A Sign of Wind To-mOrrow-Winter I'm
til Juiy-The Sparrows.
A shifting, scrawny bearded old man stood
on the front end of a west bound Madison
street car late Saturday afternoon His only
companion was the driver
"We're goin' ter have wind to,morrer,"
said the old man, with a snifle "See how
red the sky is in the west. That's sure sign
of wind, and plenty on it, too. 1t may come
afore midnight"
The driver leaned one arm on the brake
and turned round with serious face.
ats coming from the nor'west. too he
said with much gravity, as he squinted his
owlish eyes at the blazing horizon. ave seen
those things afOre now, and the wind allus
comes from that pint when the sky is red.
Dye see that dust go up spiral fashion over
there by the curbl Well, that's nuther
sign That's sign that the wind is goin' ter
blow cold, an goin' ter blow fur two days or
more
"rve seen a nuther sign, too" sniffled the
old man, taking a fresh chew of tobacco.
"Have you noticed the amount Of waddin'
the sparrers are putin inter their nests this
years That's a sure indication that it's goin'
to be a cold spring The last time l seen
sparrers luggin' bed quilts and old muffiers to
their nests there were only three seasons in
the year IL was winter until July, then
there were three months of spring, and then
it was winter again. All the garden truck
that was planted didn't come up until the fol-
lerin year, when the fruit trees bore two
crops"
"That was some time ago, wasn't it" asked
the driver, with a wise look
ayes, several years ago-nigh onto forty, l
reckon" replied the old man.
"Then there's been more winters than sum-
mers in this country, ehl"
"No'p; bout fourteen years arter that l
noticed that the sparrers built two nests in
stead Of one. These nests were jined together
by little avenoos of dried grass. The she
sparrer would hatch a brood in one nest, and
then walk the avenoo to the other nest and go
ter hatchin' again, while the he bird would
tend ter the youngsters in the first nest. The
season was so long that the sparrers Matched
from May to May, and that's the reason why
we've got so many sparrers ter-day."
"Then there was no winter that year2"
whispered the driver.
"Not fake" replied the old man. people
died of summer complaint all that year"
When the driver reached the barn he told
the starter that he guessed he had better lay
off the rest of the day. There had been two
remarkable changes in the weather on his last
trip, he said, and he was afraid that unless he
went right home he would come down with
something worse than the smallpox Chicago
Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
Value of Civility.

Civility oils the wheels of our domestic
machinery, and American women might
mend their manners, as well particularly as
TO optional civilities. Optional civility does
not in any way include familiarity. Perhaps
il il the best of all safeguards against IL.
Well bred women never say anything to hurt
persons feelings. To tell one Of the dis.
agreeable things said behind ones back is
neither good taste nor optional civility. It is
rarely caused by excess Of friendship. II is
more apt TO be an expression Of individual
spite 1t is doubtful taste to warn people Of
their faults, TO comment upon their failures,
to carry them disagreeable tidings under the
name of friendship. This is very often
optional incivility. That mysterious thing
within us which we call pride" which is at
once the best and the poorest thing, as we
make it the painted, wooden, three legged
stool of assumption, or arrogance or impolite
ness or the noble theme Of self respect and
dignity, is but another form of temper II is
part of our moral climate, and may make US
noble and agreeable or absurd and detestable,
as we all are proud.-Mrs John Sherwood In
New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
The odd and End Talent.

quitting odds and ends together IN the
home is a great art, and out Of il can come all
manner OF beauty and law and order II you
have no talent for IL, do something which you
have talent for for friend, and let that friend
who has the odd and end talent do Tor you.
II, in the fall and spring, when purchases are
TO be made for the clothing Of the house and
the clothing Of the family, little reflection
were exercised the result would be far better
taste than II things were bought without re
gard to harmony or fitness Suppose, in one
room in the house there is n worn out carpet,
in another room chair needs upholstering,
and in the dining room the damask needs re-
plenishing, suits are needed for the boys,
dresses for the girls. Why not take the worn
out clothes Of boys and cut out the best pieces
Of cloth, and get some brass tacks and up
holster the chairs YOURSELF Perhaps you say
the pieces are not large enough and the color
is not good, but If your friend with the odd
and end talent is there she will tell you how
TO do it. Now there must be in the worn out
carpet some good pieces which can have at
either end some plain wooden fringe, and then
you can use these little rugs as a mating or
70 save your new carpet The beauty Of them
will depend entirely on the kind of fringe you
buy and the color. Dark blue goes with
almost anything You will save enough
money by little turns of this kind TO buy a
better quality Of damask for your table, and
what distinguishes a woman of good taste
from a woman of bad taste than the style OF
her table damaski Let us never have a silk
dress until we can buy the best damask. Let
us never have silver until we can have good
China.-Atlanta Constitution.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
Writing q Circus Bill.

saw R. F. Hamilton, noted circus agent,
concocting astounding announcements that
are to appear in flaming lines upon the bill
boards, when the circus season opens, and
fill the young American mind with delight
full anticipation. "Writing circus bills is al
most an art" said Mr.. Hamilton, as he
scrubbed at the top Of a sheet, "The
Greatest Show on Earth" He added: "The
announcement must please the public, satisfy
the proprietor, and he a drawing advertise
ment. 1t must be exaggerated in its
language, but not verbose. Few words can
be used to describe feature, but those must
be corkers, so to speak. This exaggeration is
legitimate after all, and l don't think it is
very much abused. The American people are
used to it, and they discount it just about
right. A merchant advertises that he is sell
ing out his stock at so per cent. below cost.
Nobody takes that literally. 1t is legiti-
mate exaggeration that is discounted by
customers and simply means that the
merchant has cut his prices little.
Suppose a man had the best entertainment
in the country, and should announce the sim
pie fact that he had the best show ever given
people would say: Il guess that don't amount
to much; he doesn't talk much about it. If
you don't blow your horn yourself other peo-
pie won't blow it for you, and they will think
you haven't got horn worth blowing. 1t
cost great deal of money to make a COM
bination of the big rival shows The way to
state that fact is this: -Four Fabulous
Fortunes Expended, ETC. Then we say,
Monster Quadruple Aggregation of Attrac-
tions.' That sounds big and means that four
shows have combined. Now what shall say
about the curious things on exhibition, giving
the idea that there are so many that a person
would hardly be able to see them all To
state it boldly like that would be useless. This
will do: An Almost Incomprehensible col
lection of Wonders All this sounds ex-
aggerated, but the people pick the facts out
Of it and it does not deceive them. They
expect this kind of advertising, and therefore
it is legitimate, and after all the exaggeration
is only in using big words and superlatives"
-"Uncle Bill" in Chicago Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
A Well BsIanced Character.

Every one, by discovering his prevailing
deficiencies, and ordering his life and habits
so rs TO counterfeit them, is, in fact, exerCis-
ing that true self control which is alone
worthy of the name. No wiser or more
valuable lesson can he learned in the whole
system Of education than thus 20 know self,
and to minister 10 its deepest needs Neither
is it so very difficult task, especially when
begun in early life. Nearly every intelligent
youth knows something Of his own bias. He
knows whether he is inclined to he hasty or
phlegmatic, idle or diligent, frugal or ex-
travagant, selfish or generous. If, according
TO this knowledge, he will cultivate assidu-
ously those qualities in which he is deficient,
seeking opportunity for their exercise and
resolutely bringing them to the front when
ever they fall into the rear, he will acquire
an ever increasing power Of self control that
will go far toward establishing and strength
ening well balanced anG harmonious char
acter.-Philadelphia Ledger
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06

A reporter CHANGED TO be standing beside
the delivery desk OF one Of the city libraries
when well dressed lady Of 20 approached
the desk. The librarian was cutting the leaves
of new copy Of the Last Days Of Pompeii,r
every now and then stopping 10 read passage
from the famous novel The lady glanced
around listlessly and said: Il would like to
find something new in the way Of nice read.
ing. Nothing very strong, you know; some.
thing light and amusing. That is nice look.
ing book you have there. What is itf'
at is the Last Days Of Pompeiiw
"LAst Days of Pompeii, Pompeii-Pompeii
who was Pompeiii what did he die of
never could bear tragedy"
IL believe he died Of an eruption. Yes, this
Is rather tragical, " replied the librarian, with
the faintest smile imaginable. The lady de-
parted after securing something eight and
amusing and without the slightest idea that
she had furnished any amusement. -RochesteT
Post Express
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
AuF WlEDERsEHN.

The beautiful braids Of hsr golden hair
Are twisted In sport by the boist'rous afr,
And pearly tear on the red cheek CLOVIS
Like a drop OF dew on the crimson rose;
But her manly lover tarries 70 throw
A mantle Of cheer DER the maiden's woe:
"Auf wiedersehn auf wiedersehn!
We part, my love, TO meet again"
The ocean il fierce, aud the beaten bark
Goes down 10 its fate in the waters dark,
While youthful lover, gallant and true,
Sinks into depths Of longer adieu;
But bursting in spray from the rising foam
An echo floats 10 the watcher at home:
"Auf wiedersehnl auf wiedersehnl
We part, dear one, 20 meet again"
A maiden is watching with straining eyes
For a coming sail in the distant skies;
Did the lover not say he would returny
So the maiden will hope, and watch, and yearn,
But lol at her feet from his distant grave
There ripples the song Of a tender wave:
"Auf wiedersehnl auf wiedersehnl
We part, dear one, TO meet again."
The shimmerng braids on her bosom pale
Are resting from play with the bostrous gale;
The tear is concealed on the icy cheek
And blue eyes are needless of sails they seek;
The spirit, in yelling through faded lips
A mortal thought in eternity dips
"Auf wiedersehn! Wen meet againl
And short the time bis wiedersehnm
William Wallace Cook.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06

We don't very often find a thief with a re-
volver in his pocket, unless he is getting out
of town. A man known to the authorities as
thief is very often arrested on suspicion.
The police think he may be wanted for some.
thing If there is no charge against him he
gets away, but if revolver is found upon
him he is charged with carrying concealed
weapons and held until it can be seen what he
has been doing. One good thing about the
carrying of weapons is that the large ma
jority of revolvers carried by thieves and the
tough element are cheap affairs, which are
not to be depended upon to go off. Hardly a
day goes by but what a case is reported of
somebody swapping revolver at some one
else, but in most cases the weapon refuses to
go off. A really first class revolver only
snaps once, and then, if pointed the right
way, somebody has to drop.-Detective in
Globe Democrat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
POISON,

Three years ago contracted blood poison
| applied to a physician at once and his treat
ment came near killing me | employed an
old physician and then went to Ky. | then
went to Hot Springs and remained two months,
but nothing seemed to cure me permanently,
although temporary relief was given me. My
condition grew desperate and applied 10 a
noted quack, but | did not improve. ] then
used a preparation which was prescribed
gratis" but it contained too much alcohol
and aggravated my snfTerings. then placed
myself under the treatment OF a noted Nash
vile ply stefan and for a time was benefited,
but by fall ] returned home n ruined man,
physically and financially, with but little pros
poets of ever getting well. My money being
exhausted, / did not know what to do. In
May. 1885, my mother persuaded me to get Il
bottle of ID b. b made in Atlanta and did
so TO crafty her, but TO my utter 6stOnish-
ment had not finished the first bottle before
every ulcer had been healed.
To the present time have used five bottles
and have received more benefit than from all
the rest combined; and am satisfied that b.
b. b. Is the most wonderful blood purifier ever
before known, and ] urge all afflicted young
men to try one single bottle and be convinced
! can truly say think 1t the best medicine in
the world. u. r. HALLERTON.
Macon, Ga, MAY !, 1886.
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Citation by Publication.
In the District Court of Bexar Coun-
ty-No. 81 57-Ella V. SeIleck VS.
William w. Selleok.
The State of Texas, TO the Sheriff or any Con.
stable of BeXar Communicating:

The State of Texas, TO the Sheriff or any Con.
stable of BeXar COMMUNICATING:
You are hereby commanded that by making
publication of this citation in some newspaper
published in the county of Bexar once in each
week for four consecutive weeks previous to
the return day hereof, you summon William
W, Selleck, whose residence is unknown, 10
be and appear at the next regular term of the
District Court of BeXar County, to be holden
at the Courthouse thereof, in the city of San
Antonio, on the first Monday in September
next, the same being the 9TH day of Septem-
Der, A. ID. 1887, then and there to answer
petition filed in said court on the 10Th day of
June, A. ID. 1881, in suit numbered 3l57 on
the docket of said court, wherein Ella V. Se!-
leck is plaintiff and said William W. Selleck IS
defendant.
Plaintiff in her petition alleges that she and
defendant, on December "a, 1882, in FriO cOun-
ty. Texas, were married, and continued to live
with him as his wife until about April 6, 1886;
that during ali that time she conducted her
self with prOpriety, managing the household
affairs with prudence and economy, and at all
times treated her said husband with kindness
and fOrbearance, but that defendant, disre-
garding the solemnity of his marriage VOWS
and his obligation to treat plaintiff with kind
ness and attention, within one month after
their said marriage began course of unkind,
harsh and tyrannical conduct toward her,
which continued constantly until she finally
separated from him on or about the said 9th
day of April, 1886. That on divers occasions,
while plaintiff lived with defendant, he was
guilty of excesses cruel treatment and out
RACES toward her of such nature as TO render
their living together insupportable. That said
series of abuses eliminated on April 6, 1886,
by defendant striking plaintiff i'm the face
with his hand without ,having any reason
whatever for so doing, HhereupOn plaintiff re-
fused any longer to live with him as his wife
and did then and there separate from him and
has not lived with him as his wife since.
wherefore plaintiff prays for judgment dis
solving the marriage between her and defend
ant, for costs and general relief
Herein fall not, but have you before said
court, on the said first day of the next term
, thereof, this writ with your return thereon,
'saowing how you have executed the same
Witness, Geo. X. Dashiell, Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of BeXar county.
Given under my hand seal of said court at
Office in San Antonio, this I'd day of August
A. ID. 1887. GEO. X. DASHIELL,
Clerk District Court Bexar Co.
BY NJ. YTURRI. Deputy.
Issued same day.
Came to hand August 2, A. ID. 1887, at Q :25
o'clock a.. m, aud publication ordered the
same day in the San Antonio LIGHT.
NAT LEWIS,
Sheriff BeXar County.
d, De
By JOSEPH UMsCHEIputy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06

The Two Platforms.
From Bradstreets Weekly.


The republicans have put forth their
platform in the important state Of Ohio,
where the democrats held their conven-
ton week ago, and the views OF both
parties on public questions may be COM
pared. The democrats, it will be re-
called, demanded Il reduction Of the tar
if; the republicans declare in favor Of
the maintenance of the same. In par
ticular the latter are opposed to any re-
ductiOn Of the present duties on wool
and on wooden and wOrsted goods.
They favor liberal pensions, adequate
appropriations for the Improvement Of
the national waterways and national aid
to education. Reg srding the reduction
Of the surplus revenue they advocate as
the first step the abolition Of the internal
tax upon Amerioan-grOwn tobacco.
Upon the subject of restricting foreign
immigration the republican platform ia
much the more pronounced, though the
tendency of both is in the same direc-
ton.
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Tommy Knew.

Mother-Tommy, how are you coming On
at SCHOOL,
Tommy-First rate, ma.
"Mention the names of some of the domeS
tic animals"
@The horse, the dog, the pig"
"Mention some more, Tommy"
1.-THE goose, the hen, and the duck"
"Yes, | was thinking Of four legged ami.
mails What animal is that which lives most
ly in the house, but which often makes a
dreadful noise 50 that people cannot sleeo"
'Four legged animal7n
"YCsP
"Don't let people sleepF
Eyes"
Tommy triumPhantly)-The Pians -TSEai
Siftings.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
Merely an Accident.

Little Marie-Aunty, you don't know how
mad papa got this morning. He slammed a
plate against the wall and broke it all to
pieces.
Little Carl, eprovingly-Mamma told us
not TO speak about it, Marie
Marie-Oh, yes, forgot. Papa didn't
throw the plate against the wall. It Just
slipped out of his hand and fell against the
wall and broke into a thousand pieces
Texas Siftings.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06

In England cases Of cheese poisoning are
rare, and in France, where cheese is largely
consumed, they are all but unknown. But,
according to t'r. Victor c. Van an, Of the
Michigan statl board of health, the annual
number of such instances in the United
States must he several hundred, If it does not
reach 1000. In Germany cheese poisoning is
also frequent. The symptoms generally i'll
clude dryness Of the throat, nausea, vomiting,
diarrh1a, etc. As a rule, recovery takes
place.-Public Opinion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
ellis Little Circle of Wives"

"How old is John Taylor nowl"
"Eighty. That poor old man is without a
home today. He is a polygamist, but he is 90
years Of age. They got to raiding him and
pursuing him, and he called his little circle Of
wives around him and said: All that can
do is to go and live by myself 1t is cruel to
be separated from you all, but there is no
other way.'"-From "Gath's" interview with
a son of Brigham Young.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06
The Best Method.

The most agreeable rs well as the most eli
'ective method of dispelling Headaches, Colds
md Fevers or cleansing the system is by tax
ing few doses of the pleasant CalifOrnia
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs. II acts
gently yet effective, strengthening the organs
on which it acts, so that regular habits may be
formed. Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co., San Francisco. Cal. For sale
N so cent and 81 bottles by F. Kalteyer l. Son
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-06

NONSN trife with any Throat or
OoN Lung Disease. If you havo
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and prevent
further trouble It is a positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and 50c
For Sale by Ragland & Kennedy.
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VERY NERVOUS.

For many years ] have been afflicted with
Rheumatism combined with some Kidney
Troubles. Indigestion finally added to my
misery and | soon became feeble and very
nervous, and my whole system was pros.
tratod. Several physicians were employed
and numerous patent medicines resOrtGd to
without benefit. After seeing so many testl-
mOnials eXtollng the wonderful merit of b.
B. b., / commenced its use, and the effect was
like magic. Rheumatic pain ceased. my kid
neys were relieved and my constitution i'm
pro ed at once, ard cheerfuly recommend IL
10 others who may be similarly afflicted
Miss s. TOaLINsON.
Atlanta Ga Nav T. 1886
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Where Mistakes Can't Happen.

Omaha Druggist-That was strange
blunder in Washington, wasn't iti
Kansas Druggist didn't hear of it,
"You didn't Why, a prominent druggist
there killed himself by taking drink of
aconite in mistake for whisky
swell, he ought to have known better than
to keep drugs in his stock They are danger
GUS things Omaha World.